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title: "A Part of vs. Part of"
description: "Use part when talking about an integral element that belongs to something and is essential to its nature. Use a part when talking about one of several or many equal units of something bigger — combined all together, these units make up the whole."
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# A Part of vs. Part of

Use **part** when talking about an integral element that belongs to something and is essential to its nature. Use **a part** when talking about one of several or many equal units of something bigger — combined all together, these units make up the whole.

::: tip

If you can separate a part from a whole, use **a part**.

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### Examples

1. Technical writing [is part of my life]{.mdhl-correct}.
2. [As part of the]{.mdhl-correct} Veeam Agent management [scenario]{.mdhl-correct}, you can remotely deploy Veeam Agent for Linux to your computers.
3. Enter [a VM name or a part of it]{.mdhl-correct} in the search field.
4. If you choose to register the restored VM on a host that is [a part of a]{.mdhl-correct} Microsoft Hyper‑V failover [cluster]{.mdhl-correct}, you can register the VM as a cluster resource.